Gvfs: gvfs-admin socket ownership race permits local root

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What is CVE-2026-88924?

CVE-2026-88924 is a vulnerability classified as Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition, affecting gvfs (affected versions: 1.48.1 – < 1.62.0, 1.48.1 – < 1.60.3, and other affected versions), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support, and 6 more products. This vulnerability is rated High, with a CVSS score of 7. Public exploit code or evidence is available for this vulnerability, but that does not confirm exploitation in the wild.

Overview

Original source data

A flaw was found in the admin backend of gvfs. The privileged gvfsd-admin daemon changes the ownership of newly created private D-Bus sockets by calling the link-following chown() function on a pathname inside a user-controlled directory. A local attacker can exploit this via a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition and exchange the socket pathname with a symbolic link pointing to an arbitrary root-owned file (such as /etc/pam.d/su). The daemon subsequently follows the symlink and changes the ownership of the targeted root-owned file to the attacker's user ID. This allows an authenticated local attacker to modify critical system files, leading to a full local privilege escalation to root.

Affected products and scope

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Technical details

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Exploitability

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Technical impact

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Business impact

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Remediation

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Detection

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